COVER Magazine

Milpark School of Financial Services tackles the skills gap

Milpark School of Financial Services tackles the skills gaps. Tony van Niekerk speaks to David Venter, the Head of School: Strategy, Operations and Student Experience.

Farzana Botha, Segment solutions manager at Sanlam Savings

Leadership, business growth and risk

Thusang Mahlangu, CEO of AGCS unpacks leadership challenges in context of their newly released Risk Barometer.

Opportunity in Construction & Engineering Insurance

Tony van Niekerk of COVER talks to Krush Moodley, the newly appointed Head of Construction and Engineering within Hollard Insure's Specialist Lines about the opportunities for brokers in the construction and engineering space.

CX and communication as levers for growth

Wayne Toms, CEO of Ghostdraft

Insurance opportunities in mining

Tony discusses the state of the mining and metals industry and its impact on the insurance industry with Nick Salter, Marsh Global Head of Mining & Metals

Artificial intelligence in Financial Services

A fascinating conversation with Managing Director & Head of Africa at CyborgIntell, Bryan McLachlan on the future of AI in the insurance industry.

2023 Goals: Continuing to Create Opportunity!

COVER is joined by Robyn Carter, IIWC President and Western Cape Branch Manager at Lombard Broker partners. This interview is part of the COVER podcast series 'In Association With', where we explore the power of relationships in the industry and dive into insightful conversations with associations and institutes across Africa.
 
The podcast digs into the core focus of the IIWC, and how this translates to value for members and communities that the IIWC support through initiatives like the RISE programme and multiple Charities.Robyn shares her top event pick in the annual calendar, and discusses the success of the under 35 stream, and RISE programme. Robyn also gives us an overview of what the focus will be during her tenure as president of the IIWC.
If you are not a member of the IIWC, you can head over to their website and sign-up at a nominal cost with great member benefit at: www.iiwc.co.za

Vision, commitment, action = success

Leadership depends heavily on the ability to relate, to cooperate and at the same time lead. This is not an easy balance, and is made even more difficult when one company has two leaders at the top.
Tony van Niekerk asked Craig Olivier and André Symes, Co CEOs of Genasys Technologies how they manage navigating these challenges.

SONA - A non - event for wealth managers

According to Larry Mason an experienced wealth manager and franchise partner at Consult by Momentum, SONA was a non-event as far as wealth management is concerned. He explains why.